Turkish deputy PM Numan Kurtulmus praises economic growth

Turkey's economy has grown by about 4 percent in the five-year period since the global financial crisis in 2009, according to Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus during his speech in Melbourne on Thursday.

At the G20 Labor and Employment Ministerial meeting, Kurtulmus said that Turkey managed to ensure harmony in domestic politics and to economically grow through the creation of employment schemes to specifically target unemployment in the country.

The deputy prime minister praised Turkey as being among the rare countries that succeeded to grow by creating employment in a crisis period, underscoring that Turkey has employed around 5.3 million people since the financial crisis in 2009.

According to figures released by Turkish Statistical Institute, the unemployment rate in the country decreased in one month from 9 percent in April 2014 to 8.80 percent in May

On August 29, Kurtulmus was appointed deputy prime minister responsible for Turks living abroad.